Weekly Roundup: Health care news and notes
March 20, 2015 · NCQA
Every Friday NCQA gives a rundown of some of the health care news stories from the past week. Here are some of our picks for this week:
- Apple launched ResearchKit, a tool allowing researchers to collect medical data and monitor patients. [Modern Healthcare]
- Antipsychotic overuse remains a problem for dementia patients in various settings, not just nursing homes. [Modern Healthcare]
- A Kaiser Family Foundation study found that about a quarter of all non-elderly Americans with private insurance coverage do not have sufficient funds to pay even a mid-range deductible. [The Wall Street Journal]
- The Congressional Budget Office’s latest analysis shows a decrease in Affordable Care Act spending, even as expected ‘Cadillac’ tax revenue falls. [Modern Healthcare]
- Mental health providers look for incentives to go digital. [Kaiser Health News]
- More young people but fewer minorities picked Affordable Care Act plans during the open enrollment period. [USA Today]
- Resistance to guidelines ebbs, but “less is more” approach may help cancer care providers. [AJMC]
- Price transparency: removing the blindfold. [Health Affairs]
- Making small, incremental changes can bring big results and help craft the patient-centered medical home. [Health IT Analytics]
- Infographic: Physicians are overestimating patient communication. [Health Care Communication]
- Having a more interconnected primary care team bodes well for patients with cardiovascular disease. [Annals of Family Medicine]
